2009 News & Information

Domestic Preparedness publishes the article "What Gets Measured Gets Done - the Long and Winding Road of Preparedness Measurement" by Tim Beres, vice president and director of CNA Safety and Security (subscription required)

NPR's All Things Considered cites the CNA study Impacts of Climate Change on Colombia's National and Regional Security

Parameters, the quarterly journal of the U.S. Army War College, publishes CNA Analyst Michael Gerson's article "Conventional Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age"

The Chosen Ilbo quotes CNA Strategic Studies' Ken Gause in the article "N. Koreans 'Worried Their Next Leader Will Be Worse'"

The New Republic quotes members of CNA's Military Advisory Board in the article "Global Warring"

CNA's Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia to conduct study of Virginia's gifted education programs

The essay "Climate and Energy the Dominant Challenges of the 21st Century" written by members of CNA's Military Advisory Board, appears in Freedom’s Challenge, the Atlantic Council's book celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Park Forest e-news reports that the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, recently signed into law by President Obama, includes compensation provisions based on CNA's April 2009 study "Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill and Injured"

Asia Times quotes CNA Vice President and Director of CNA Strategic Studies, VADM Mike McDevitt (Ret) in the article "Passing the Buck on North Korea"

CNA Hosts "Climate Change, State Resilience and Global Security Conference" bringing together security leaders from around the world to explore climate change-related issues facing the U.S., China, and Latin America

• News release
• Conference materials
• Conference videos

The Jakarta Post references CNA's climate report in the article "Climate Change is Also Defense and Security Problem"

CNA Safety & Security releases the August 2009 whitepaper "Leveraging Exercise Programs in a New Fiscal Environment"

Stars and Stripes cites CNA analysts Anita Hattiangadi and Lauren Malone in the article "Sailors, Marines Missing Out On SBP Enrollment"

Park Forest e-news reports on federal legislation to provide support to families of severely disabled service members based on CNA's April 2009 study "Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill and Injured"

Colombia media — CARACOLTV, CANAL RCN, El Espectador (video), and El Espectador (print) — report on Impacts of Climate Change on Colombia’s National and Regional Security prepared by CNA Environment and Energy analysts Dr. David Catarious and Dr. Ralph Espach. View coverage by:

CARACOLTV.com
CANAL RCN
El Espectador (video)
El Espectador (print)

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed cites CNA's climate report in remarks before the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi

Examiner.com discusses the CNA report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security

Bloomberg quotes David Finkelstein, Vice President and Director of CNA China Studies, for the article "China Moves to Project Air Power With Soviet Carrier Overhaul"

Montana’s Missoulian interviews CNA Military Advisory Board member, Adm. John Nathman (Ret.), for the article "UM Launches Climate Change Degree Program"

USA Today quotes CNA analyst Kim Hall in the article "Warships ward off Somali pirates"

Jane’s Defence Weekly interviews Vice President and Director of CNA China Studies, David Finkelstein for the article "Chinese Parade Demonstrates PLA’s On-going Transformation", with Finkelstein discussing the meaning and long-terms trends behind the military parade held in Beijing to celebrate the 60th Anniversary the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Participants in the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) workshops co-author the paper, "Civil Power in Irregular Conflict"

"Strengthening Community Colleges' Influence on Economic Mobility," prepared CNA Education's Lou Jacobson and Christine Mokher, is released by The Pew Charitable Trusts

"A Wing and a Prayer" (IPR 120904 / April 2004) — a summary and analysis of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network's Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza exercise program by CNA's Joel Silverman, Ph.D. and Rosemary Speers, Ph.D.

Associated Press — "Group Warns of Risk of Energy Dependence" (article also picked up by The Washington Post, Yahoo News, The Guardian UK, Tri-City Herald, The Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Kansas City Star, Palm Beach Post, and others

Defense News cites CNA's MV-22 Operational Assessment in the article "USMC to Study MV-22 Mission in Iraq" (subscription required)

Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security — a CNA Military Advisory Board report finding that fossil fuels and the national electrical grid threaten military, economic, and climate security

McClatchy News interviews CNA director of foreign-leadership studies, Kenneth Gause, for its article "N. Korea's Kim misses big celebration, may be seriously ill"

CNA Health Research and Policy releases the report "Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill and Injured"

Dave Finkelstein, Director of CNA China Studies is interviewed for the CNN on-air report China's military power concerns, and for the on-line article Pentagon report: China's military expanding its capabilities

Christian Science Monitor quotes CNA General Counsel Sherri Goodman in the article "Climate May Heat Crises, Too, Military Analysts Say"

The draft report from "Nation-State Building 101" the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) co-sponsored workshop held October 28, 2008 is released

Wargaming Strategic Linkage — CNA recommendations to the Naval War College for more effectively representing the linkage between the strategic, operational/strategic, and operational levels of war

The interim report on the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) co-sponsored workshop, "Implementing Security Sector Reform" available on-line

The interim report on the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) co-sponsored workshop, "Implementing Security Sector Reform" available on-line